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Subject: Re: Poly-800 II Manual

From: "narfman96" <narfman96@...>
Date: 2007-04-03

Hi Marcin,

Thanks for the quick reply and the offer! YouSendIt.com is the one
S-H I see most often. They've never hassled me after registering. I
don't think my Yahoo account allows more the 10 MB at a time. The
file area here is 100mb now if you wanted to post it in the files
section for a while and then take it down that would probably be cool
too. Is there a lot more to the manual than the first edition?

Right now I've cleaned all the buttons and pots after disassembling
the whole synth. I cleaned and lubed the joystick thinking maybe
that is the source of the midi CC chatter. I replaced the corroded
(but not the board, whew!) battery with a nice gold contact holder
and fresh CR2032. Next all the keys need cleaning. 2 "F" keys are
not working and the "G4" key is snapped off but still works. Dust
Bunnies have been multiplying in the puppy for years for sure.

Thanks again, Narfman

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "mr_shtootzky" <sztucki@...> wrote:
>
> I've got one in PDF. It's about 25 MB in size. I could try to send
it
> to you tomorrow via e-mail, if it gets through, or maybe upload it
to
> some sharing host. Any recommendations, by the way?
> Best regards.
> Marcin
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a Poly-800 II manual? If so does
> > anyone have a PDF copy?
> >
> > I just picked up one that needs some work but I was able to get
a
> > really good bank of sounds from it using a combination of
Midiquest
> > 9.1 and Midi-Ox so I have the sysex. I can load the factory
presets
> > and 2 or 3 other banks I found using Midi-Ox. The synth sends
> > everything at once but my Midiman USB was up to the task. The
other
> > question I have is it sends random breath controller and
modulation
> > messages every 5 to 15 seconds. Is this normal? The values are 0
> but
> > it constantly sends them unless doing a sysex transfer. Also
> > Midiquest will not let me edit the banks because the parameters
are
> > the same for every patch. Even though if I load the bank back in
> all
> > the sounds are right. Weird!!! I e-mailed the MQ support guru on
> > this. Does this mean there isn't an editor for this great
synth?????
> >
> > Stay tuned I have to go to the hospital to see my new grandson!
> >
> > Thanks for any insight, Narfman
> >
>